The Supreme Court had in January taken suo motu cognisance of the termination of the six judges by the Madhya Pradesh government.
The bench had appointed Senior Advocate Gaurav Agrawal as Amicus Curiae to assist the Court in the matter and issued notice to Madhya Pradesh High Court.
In June 2023, the State government had terminated the services of the six civil judges on a recommendation by the High Court.
The termination orders were passed by the law department following an administrative committee and a full court meeting finding their performance during the probation period unsatisfactory.
In an earlier hearing, the bench had orally asked the High Court whether it was willing to reconsider its decision.
When the case was heard by the top court on Tuesday, the Amicus suggested that the High Court should reconsider its decision.
Pursuant to that, the Supreme Court passed an order asking the High Court to reexamine the matter.
Source: Barandbench
